Lubricating journal-box.



No. 798,922. PATBNTBD SEPT. 5, 1905.

J. ROGERS.

LUBRIGATI'NG JOURNAL B0X. APPLICATION FILED MAY 29, 1906.

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LUBRICATING JOURNAL-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1905.

Application filed May 29, 1905. Serial No. 262,942.

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Be it known that I, JOHN ROGERS, a citizen ot' the United States, residing' at Kansas City, in the county ot' lVyandotte and State et' Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Iniprovements in Lubricator J ournal-Boxes, ot' which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to lubricating journalboxes for car-wheels of that character issued to me April Q7,1897; and my object is to produce a construction which compels the oil splashing upwardly and out of the tank or "cellar," as the tank is generally known, to drain back into said tank or cellar and not down into the bottom ot' the journal-box exteriorly of said tank or cellar.

A further object is to produce a dust-guard for the end otl the journal-box which will in cidentally serve to lock the tank or cellar in place when the door otl the box is open.

'ith these objects in view the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar Afeatures of construction and organization, as hereinafter described and claimed, and in order that it may be fully understood reference is to be had to the accompanying' drawings, in which-d Figure 1 represents a central vertical longitudinal section ot' the journal-box equipped with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a section on the line Il II of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on the line H1 HI of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a `t'rontview ot' the lower portion ot' the journalbox. Fig. 5 isa sectional perspective view otl the front portion of the tank or cellar.

1n the said drawings, 1 indicates a journalbox otl the usual coniiguration,havingthe front end of its side walls beveled upwardly and downwardly from a point somewhat below the plane ot' its center, the side walls just below the junction-point of said beveled edges being provided at their inner sides with longitudinal dovetail grooves 2, and said walls are also provided in their inner sides with grooves 3, opening at their lower ends into the dovetail g'rooves 2 and at their upper ends into a transverse slot #1 in the top of the box.

5 indicates longituiilinally-extending lips which project downward and inward 'from the walls of the journal-box and extend from the grooves to the inner end wall 6, through which and the outer end wall 7 the end ot' -the axle 8 projects, a suitable dust-guard 9, to which no claim is made in this application` litting in the journal-box between its walls 6 and 7 and snugly embracing' said axle.

10 indicates a rectangular tank or cellar containing oil, provided at its upper side margins with dovetail ribs 11 to [it snugly in grooves 2 and having' the inner-sides of its side walls beveled downward and inward, as at 12, to receive the lips 5 in order that oil splashing up and out o'tl the tank or cellar and onto the side walls of the box shall be guided by said lips back into the tank or cellar. The tank or cellar is provided with posts 13, upon which lit springs 14: for supporting' a suitable wickholding frame 15, so that the wick 16 shall be held with a yielding pressure against the end of the axle, the special construction of this wick-holding frame being' unimportant as regards this application, as it has been patented.

17 indicates a flange projecting upwardly and rearwardly from the inner side of the front wall 1S ot' the tank or cellar, said wall being wider than the body ot' the tank or cellar so as to bear against the lower portions ot' the side walls of the box and also projects below the bottom otl the tank so as to bear against the front edge of the bottom olf the box, as shown. The front side ot' flange 17 occupies the same plane as the rear sides et' grooves 3 and the front ends et' lips in order that the lower end ot' the dustguard 19' may lit snugly between said lips and the upper end ot' the front wall ot' the tank or cellar, and thus not only lock the latter from moving outward, but also prevent dust from entering the journal-box. The dust-guard lits sliding'ly in grooves 3 and slot 4 and has a central portion 2O projecting above the box and provided with a hole 21, in which ones linger or any suitable tool may be slipped for the purpose of sliding said dust-guard upward when it is desired to obtain access to thel interior of the journal-box or to cti'ect the removal of the tank or cellar.

Any suitable door 2Q for the journal-box may be employed; but I prefer to provide the deorshown, the same havinga lug 23, pi'voted, as at 24, to the lug Q5, projecting from the journal-box. At its opposite side the door is provided with a hook-shaped liange 2G to engage the outwardly-projecting flange 27 of the box, thelugQGand the periphery ot' flange 27 being' struck from the axis of movement of the door. The door is provided externally with a boss 2S and with a locking-pin 29 to project through the door-opening and bear against the dust-guard 19 to prevent the latter working upwardly under the jolting to which the box is subjected in act-ual use, the pin being ot' the type illustrated and described IOO IIO

in the patent to J. A. Kennedy` issued 'Nio-Y velnber 2Q, 1904.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced a lubricating journal-box embodying the features of advan-Y tage enumerated as desirable and which is of simple, strong, durable, and comparatively inexpensive construction.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a journal-box having longitudinal dovetail grooves in the inner sides of its side walls, and lips overhanging said grooves and projecting downward and inward therefrom, of a tank or cellar fitting in thejournal-box and having external ribs dovetailed in said grooves and having the inner sides of its side walls beveled downward and inward and engaged by said lips, and means for holding said tank or cellar reliably against longitudinal movement.

2. The combination with a journal-box, a tank or cellar fitting slidingly therein and having its front wall bearing against the front end of the box and provided at its inner side with an upwardly-projecting flange, and a dust-guard fitting slidingly in the front end ofthe box and having its lower end fitting between the upper end of the front wall of the tank or cellar and the. flange thereof.

3. The combination with a journal-box, a tank or cellar fitting slidingly therein and having its front wall bearing against the front end of the box and provided at' its inner side with an upwardly-projectingflange, a dustguard fitting slidingly in the front end of the box and having its lower end fitting between the upper end of the front wall of the tank or cellar and the flange thereof, and a door closing the front endv of the box forward of said dust-guard and tank.

4. The 'combination with a journal-box, a tank or cellar fitting slidingly therein and having its front wall bearing against the front end of the box and provided at its inner side with an upwardly-projecting flange, a dustguard tting slidingly in the front end of the box and having its lower end fitting between the upper end of the front wall of the tank or cellar and the flange thereof, a door closing the front end of the box forward of said dustguard and tank, and means carried by the door for frictionally engaging the dust-guard to hold it in operative position.

5. A journal-box, provided with longitudinal grooves in its inner sides, lips overhanging said grooves and projecting' downwardly and inwardly, a slot in its upper wall, and grooves extending downwardly and forwardly and opening into the longitudinal grooves, and a tank or cellar fitting in the journal-box and having an end wall bearing against the end of the box, ribs engaging said longitudinal grooves, and a .lip projecting upwardly and inwardly from said front wall, and a dust-guard occupying said slot and the downwardly and forwardly extending grooves and fitting between the front wall of the tank or cellar, and the flange projecting upwardly from said wall.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of' two witnesses.

JOHN ROGERS.

Witnesses:

H. C. RoDGERs, G. Y. THORPE. 

